Total study of markets, towns and cities in East Japan during the Medieval Period and the early Modern Period.

为了探讨近代江户城市的形成过程和特征，我们选取了中世纪流通和商业基地的一些地区，以及近代早期江户城市的性质进行了研究和调查。由于调查地区和史料的关系不足，有待于以后的详细研究，但我们对一些观点进行了验证。(1)可以认为，积水寺的存在与中世纪的市场状况和城镇的形成有很深的关系。这一点在第一年的智野寿、第二年的川川、第二年的品川、第三年的小夫的学习和研究中得到了印证，路、镇、市场、集束寺的位置及其关系可能是解决中世纪城市的重要关键。(2)在研究近代江户城市的形成时，品川港和浅草的观点是重要的。虽然我们这次有意遵循这一点，但由于缺乏史料，我们无法证实这一点。我们还有许多遗留问题，比如品川港在中世纪的补给来源在哪里，为什么浅草变得重要而不是品川港。(3)我们不能解释中世纪到近代早期的过程，因为我们害怕它。17世纪上半叶的文字资料很少，特别是城堡城的形成过程。我们从1991年就开始了对几种绘画的研究，然后我们也要考虑它的方法。这项研究即将开始，我们认为我们已经能够发现和研究它的基本事实。在这些研究的基础上，我们每个人都必须履行自己的职责，发展自己的研究。

To inquire the process of formation and character of the City Edo in the early Modern Period, we selected some areas of the base of circulation and commerce during the Medieval Period, and of processing the character of cities of the City Edo in the early Modern Period, so we studies and investigated them.As the relation between investigating areas and historical materials are insufficiency, the details of study are expected in future.But we certificated some points. (1)It is a point that we can consider the existence of JISHUU-TEMPLE deeply related to condition of the market in the Medieval and the formation of towns. This point is confirmed by the study and research of TOMONO-SHOU in the first year, KAWAGOE,SHINAGAWA in the second year and KOUFU in the third year.The place and its relation of the road, the town, the market and JISHUU-TEMPLE could be important keys to solve the Medieval City. (2)When we study the formation of the Modern Periods City Edo, the point of view in SHINAGAWA-HARBOR and ASAKUSA is important. Though we intentionally followed this point in this time, we could not confirm it for the lack of historical materials. We have many remained problems where SHINAGAWA-HARBOR's source of supply in Medieval belonged to, why ASAKUSA became important instead of SHINAGAWA-HARBOR. (3)We could little explain the process between medieval and early Modern Period, as we had been afraid of it. There are only a few literal sources in the first half of the 17th century, especially in the case of the process and formation of castle towns. We started the research of some kinds of paintings in 1991, and then we will also have to consider its method.This study is about to start, and we think we have been able to find and research the fundamental facts of it. On the basis of these researches, each of us must perform his duty to develop his own research.